State agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.

All amendments to Section 12950.1 are removed. The bill no longer adds anti-hate speech training as a component of the existing sexual harassment prevention training for elected state or local officials, and no longer modifies provisions about multiemployer collective bargaining agreements or prior-employer training credit in that section.

The provision allowing a state or local official serving multiple agencies to complete training only once every two years (previously in Section 12950.1(m)(2)) is removed from the general sexual harassment training section. A similar provision remains only in Section 12950.4(g) for state agency officials.

The legislative digest no longer references 'sexual harassment training and education' for local agencies as a component of this bill, reflecting that the bill no longer amends the underlying sexual harassment training statute (Section 12950.1).

In new Section 12950.4(a), 'state agency official' is redefined from 'includes an elected official' to 'means a state elected official,' narrowing the scope of who is covered by the state-level training requirement.

Section 12950.4(a) now explicitly states 'Beginning on January 1, 2028' as the effective date for the state agency training requirement, which was previously only mentioned in the legislative digest.

Entire new Article 13 (Sections 11147 and 11147.1) was deleted. This had required state officials to complete at least one hour of standalone antihate speech training within 6 months of taking office and every 4 years, plus record-keeping by state agencies.

Section 53237.2 amendment was removed. This had required local agencies to maintain records of both antihate speech and sexual harassment training for at least 5 years as public records.

Separate standalone antihate speech training requirement for local agency officials (at least one hour within 6 months of taking office and every 4 years) was removed from Section 53237.1.

Anti-hate speech training is now embedded as a component of the existing sexual harassment prevention training for elected state and local officials beginning January 1, 2028, rather than being a separate standalone requirement with its own schedule.

A definition of anti-hate speech training was added in both Section 12950.1(a)(4) and Section 53237.1(d)(2): it must provide practical guidance on recognizing, reporting, engaging or participating in, and confronting speech that vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred against people based on protected characteristics listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940.

The legislative findings section (former Section 5) regarding public access to training records under Article I, Section 3 of the California Constitution was removed entirely.

Local agency officials who serve multiple agencies now have a single two-year training cycle instead of a dual-track system (two years for sexual harassment plus four years for antihate speech). The recommendation requirement is simplified to every two years rather than separate cycles.

New Government Code Section 12950.4 requires all state agency officials (including elected officials) at agencies that provide any compensation, salary, or stipend to receive at least one hour of training on responding to hate within the first six months of taking office or commencing employment, and every two years thereafter.

The new state agency hate response training must include information and practical guidance about responding to threats and harassment during and outside public meetings, de-escalation training, information about the prevalence of hate incidents, and resources available for victims of hate.

The new Section 12950.4 specifies that 'state agency official' includes an elected official for purposes of the training requirement.

The department (DFEH) is required to develop or obtain an online training course on responding to hate and make it available on its internet website under new Section 12950.4(h).

A state agency may develop its own compliant training or direct elected officials to complete the department-developed course, giving agencies flexibility in how they meet the requirement.

Section 53237.1(d)(2) now allows an elected local agency official to take a training developed pursuant to Section 12950.4 (the state-level hate response training) to satisfy the anti-hate speech training component of their local agency sexual harassment prevention training.

The bill's short title was changed from 'State and local officials: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training' to 'State and agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training,' reflecting the expanded scope to state agencies.

Assembly Member Lowenthal is added as principal coauthor of the bill.

A new Section 1 amends Government Code Section 12950.1, bringing the anti-hate speech training requirement into the existing statewide FEHA sexual harassment prevention training framework that applies to all employers with 5 or more employees, not just local agency officials.

The legislative digest now explicitly states that by imposing new requirements on local agencies, the bill imposes a state-mandated local program, which triggers potential state reimbursement obligations under the California Constitution.

Beginning January 1, 2028, state and local agency employers must include anti-hate speech training as a component of the existing sexual harassment prevention training for all elected state or local officials (Section 12950.1(a)(4)).

The anti-hate speech training requirement for elected local officials in Section 53237.1 is now explicitly framed as a component of the existing training beginning January 1, 2028 (subdivision (d)(2)), rather than standing alone as a separate obligation.

A new provision (Section 12950.1(m)(2)) specifies that a state or local official who serves more than one state agency or local agency is only required to receive training once every two years, regardless of the number of agencies served.